We are ill prepared to tackle latest corona spike
A news report published in this daily on Monday said that Bangladesh once again shattered all the previous records of a single-day deaths of 164...
Editorial
Disaster-prone Bangladesh needs sustainable disaster response
About 4.4 million people were internally displaced in Bangladesh last year largely due to natural disasters like cyclonic storms and monsoon floods. According to the...
Inadequate livelihood support to fishers during fishing ban unexpected
Many fishers in Barishal are netting hilsa fish despite the ongoing ban on sea fishing. They are catching the fish at night to escape drives...
Education Impasse Hardship Non-Govt Teachers Face
Alaul Alam :It is no denial that the emergence of the Covid-19 has widened the inequalities between the rich and the poor. Similarly, such inequalities...
Domestic Workers In Bangladesh Covid-19 Exacerbates Their Plight To Survive
Rafiqul IslamInter Press Service Rani Akter, a mother of five, usually works as a domestic helper in Dhaka’s Zikatola area. When the coronavirus pandemic broke...
Address container crisis that hits export shipments
The country’s export shipments are facing unprecedented delays because of severe container scarcity in Chattogram port and congestion at transshipment ports such as Singapore, Colombo...
Readers’ Voice
Students In Financial Crisis AlsoAccording to a BBS survey, students, rickshaw pullers and laborers are the most whereas the govt employees are the least affected...
Opinion Democracy In Trouble In USA
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :In the United States of America which survived for the last 245 years since 1776 of 4 July having democratic system but...
Higher Education Pandemic Shows The Challenges Ahead
Dr Md Aktaruzzaman :Covid-19 pandemic has raised significant challenges as well as opportunities for the higher education community worldwide to learn and explore. During the...
Oxygen scarcity amid high Covid cases in hospitals unforgivable
It’s shocking that 13 patients died at two hospitals in Bogura alone on Friday because of shortage of high-flow oxygen support provided through a device...
Poor rickshaw pullers, transport workers need to be saved
A media report has said, rickshaw pullers are braving a hard time to earn a daily meal as very few people are taking to the...
Abusive Behaviour
Dr. Matiur Rahman & Shishir Reza :Insult is defined as an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be...